Gaming machine

Abstract

A gaming machine 310 of the invention displays a bingo card formed as a matrix of bingo boxes with which bingo card indicia is associated on a display 370 A of a gaming terminal 314 A for a player to play a bingo game. The gaming machine includes means for notifying the player of the possibility that a specific bingo box will be activated as specific indicia is drawn at the next lottery in a lottery machine 312 and the game play result desired by the player may be gained in a display manner in which the specific bingo boxes are displayed individually so that they can be distinguished.

1 . A gaming machine comprising: 
 a display unit for displaying a game card formed as a matrix of game boxes;    an indicia display data storage unit for storing display data to display indicia of first indicia and of second indicia;    a game card indicia determination unit for determining game card indicia selected from the indicia and associated with the game boxes;    a lottery unit for drawing the indicia;    a activation unit for activating the game box corresponding to the game card indicia when a comparison is made between the indicia drawn by the lottery unit and the game card indicia and coincides therebetween;    a combination determination unit for determining whether or not a combination of the game box activated by the activation unit and a specific game box not activated can form a predetermined first combination or whether or not a combination of the game card indicia corresponding to the game box activated by the activation unit and the game card indicia corresponding to a specific game box not activated forms a predetermined combination different from the predetermined first combination; and    a condition notification unit for displaying the specific game boxes not activated individually and sequentially in response to the determination of the combination determination unit.    
   
   
       2 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , further comprising 
 an entire condition notification unit for displaying the specific game boxes not activated at the same time in response to the determination of the combination determination unit aside from the condition notification unit.    
   
   
       3 . The gaming machine according to  claim 2 , further comprising 
 a game box move unit for moving the game boxes as a player operates the gaming machine, wherein    the condition notification unit and the entire condition notification unit display the specific game boxes not activated individually in order or all at the same time regardless of a move of the game boxes by the game box move unit.    
   
   
       4 . A gaming machine comprising: 
 a display unit for displaying a bingo card formed as a matrix of bingo boxes;    an indicia display data storage unit for storing display data to display indicia as combinations of first symbols made up of spade, club, heart, and diamond and second symbols made up of digits 2 to 10 and letters A, J, Q, and K;    a bingo card indicia determination unit for determining bingo card indicia selected from the indicia and associated with the bingo boxes;    a lottery unit for drawing the indicia;    a activation unit for activating the bingo box corresponding to the bingo card indicia when a comparison is made between the indicia drawn by the lottery unit and the bingo card indicia and coincides therebetween;    a combination determination unit for determining whether or not a combination of the bingo box activated by the activation unit and a specific bingo box not activated can form a predetermined first combination or whether or not a combination of the bingo card indicia corresponding to the bingo box activated by the activation unit and the bingo card indicia corresponding to a specific bingo box not activated can form a predetermined combination different from the predetermined first combination; and    a condition notification unit for displaying the specific bingo boxes not activated individually in order in response to the determination of the combination determination unit.    
   
   
       5 . The gaming machine according to  claim 4 , further comprising 
 an entire reach notification unit for displaying the specific bingo boxes not activated at the same time in response to the determination of the combination determination unit aside from the reach notification unit.    
   
   
       6 . The gaming machine according to  claim 5 , further comprising 
 a bingo box move unit for moving the bingo boxes as a player operates the gaming machine, wherein    the reach notification unit and the entire condition notification unit display the specific bingo boxes not activated individually in order or all at the same time regardless of a move of the bingo boxes by the bingo box move unit.    
   
   
       7 . A gaming method of a gaming machine that includes a display unit for displaying a game card formed as a matrix of game boxes, and an indicia display data storage unit for storing display data to display indicia of first indicia and of second indicia, the gaming method comprising: 
 initializing the gaming machine, and displaying a demonstration screen;    generating and displaying the game card;    searching the game card for the indicia, and activating the game box corresponding to the indicia;    determining whether or not a reach box exist;    starting display of all reach boxes so that the reach boxes can be distinguished at a time;    starting repeated displaying all reach boxes so that the reach boxes can be distinguished individually.